my opinion matters

I love the Geek Squad at Best Buy. A few weeks ago Sawyer (the dog) spilled a vanilla coke on my laptop, completely ruining it. So I took it to Best Buy and they completely fixed it, free of charge. I’m talking new keyboard, new screen, new hard drive. For free! I am now forever justified in purchasing the service plan, and I’m glad I did it because the repairs would have cost around $1500 – yikes. Anyway, they rock and I am super happy to have my laptop back and it’s all shiny and brand new-ish. Unfortunately, I have the “I want a new toy” bug, and I’ve been trying to shake it off to no avail. I dont need a new toy – especially not one that is in any way related to a computer, but alas, I have been bitten by the purchasing bug. It’s probably just the weather and the fact that I got loan money. Instead, I will try to convince myself that the money should almost exclusively be used to pay off debt. Debt. Debt. Debt. Not a new toy. Debt. We shall see.

I left Ohio once, in August 2006, to live with my sister in Oklahoma. It was supposed to be permanent. I came home in November. It wasn’t that we didn’t get along or I hated her new boyfriend – we didn’t get along, but that wasn’t the biggest reason. I missed Ohio. It was something I never expected because I had lived there my whole life, in the same house, in East Dayton. But there was something missing in Oklahoma. First of all, there was almost no construction. There are those who have said there are four seasons in Ohio: winter, almost winter, just after winter, and construction. I missed the orange barrels that they taught in driver’s ed were filled with rocks and cement to persuade us to fear them. I wonder if other states get that same lecture. Dayton is small, but not too small. We get first-run movies and even the weird independent ones at the Neon. We have an extremely healthy theatre life in Dayton, where you can see plays at the Victoria Theatre or the new Schuster Center. ...